The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-11

Making saOO.oOO on Her American "Trip
How She squelelied the Crest Show

New York Tribune.
p n Barnum, who is spending few
yyseka IN tho city gave q GfL2atAe reporter
some interesting rCmlnlBccnees o. denny
Lind, few days ago. My autobIography,,I
sFTys the veteran Snowman, gives nearly AZ
that can say about Jenny Lind her nAbuT
raj impulses were most noble a .IY Booui !
never met person so BuseeptaMe, 10 tl!,
wants. needs, or Buherlngs OF othSfB.
could at any time make her tears noH DY IT II
latiug some case Of Wnntf and her aohaTS
yy0nld flow freely with her tenfs- She could
not baRr the thnnghtB of passing by the other
SIDE. yEhsn she could relieve the sorrow Of
any being however humble
Mr. BarHum told Il tQuohlng story q nh
incident that occurred when Jenny was slnR5
inc in Boston. "a poor working gtCA, sald
H. ''khrnst three dollars INTO the banub Oh
thg ticket seller nt the Boston Temple Tor a
back seat st Jennyls concert On feeelFlli6
tIIs ticket glfe said. There Epssnly wages for
one week, but must hear that good angel
sing JennyB SECRETARY her COUSIN Max
HJgrtzbSrE, heard the remark ana lnlhtul-
Atety went 10 the green-rOOna and iatlEhlnBiy
tolH il to Jenny. / shall never forget how size
jumpetl TO her feet and exclaimed; IN, inns
must not bel Poor girl, she shall not lose hei
money it ls wicked MIA, take TINS money
handing him tRenty-dOLGr gold piece
search out that dear creature and put II IN
her hands, with my love. Goo bless hsI
Max found the girl, gave her the money and
nlezagRe, and witnessed a Hood Of grateful
tears from the working girls eyes. Ii she Ii
alive to-day she will remember 1t.
when | WAS Struggling against the
Jerome clock debts in 1865" Atr, L{arlnn
went on, - took my wife and children to
London. One day Jenny'B husband, Otto
Goldsmith, called on Inc and sand: 'klra.
Lind, hearing Of your financial misfortune
desired lne to call on you and say II o rev
hundred pounds, OF q thousand, will serve to
relieve your present wants, am to hand 1t
to vol with her kindGat regards. We are
now living IN DTesdsnr and my vile says Il
yOl will take your family there sine will
IL. Fs,,I s-r7a nj gngFE4nnnEg At a low
rent and We shall both be glad TO render you
any service we can The kind offer was de
clined with thanks, but it shows the CHAR
liable character OF this almost angelic Wo-
She has two children, the elder a son.
The daughter has q voice which SlT JuIInS
BeaedjeE told me he believed il cHltylted
Wuuld prove equal to her TnothSFEt bull
! he added, her parents are rich, and have nC
| ambition to have her attain musical renDNn,
which would involve such arduolls study auI
| practice
| paign. in 1850 and 1851, WIS $685. $50 90
| fshs sang in ninety-thTee concerts. She va
! worth over Q million Of dollars when she LET
! the United States in 1851. and this sum la
/ Great Bgitsin, and by tine JudieIouB invest
| mGnts Of her husband.
FtKipd aud lady-like as Jenny Lind was
! she hRda hgETaT u meeting strangers, am
II VIII ten yau this story though it is aBainR
myself During the first few weeks 81 on
enlargement introduced 70 her numbers @
ladies' and gentlemen who desired 10 see hel
She frequently intimated to Lne that 1t va
disniessiDg 10 her, but 1 was anxious /
grstify the people who 80 persiztelltly sOngl
Al infroduetion. One morning at the Coz
fne1ltai HnEal in Pbiladeipbia, an esteeme
iafl1- friend eolel on me and asked foT an ii
fr95I1etlon 10 fhe Swedish NiEhtingale.'
INA IN. how glad would be to crafty hel
thase intr0tuetion 81 strangers were vel
! spnoTinp ~ Mas Lind, and that / real
dTassltii 70 Ia ana al, her paflniBsion. '0l
~ 9sSse 5g ~ jIlgF thI5 once, for i am tiyiT
, ~ aaneak h her. 'uTged nv friend, and
in,f i Telugtantly consented to ask permi
sion-
, q iT''Ea4isg Lind. I said, 4 know Won disIl
? Ia have me intrtduee strangers simply u
esIlse they are friends OF mine, and / lefl